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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2012}}
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{{Infobox Australian place
| type                = town
| name                = Windorah
| state               = qld
| image               = Windorah General Store - panoramio.jpg
| caption             = Windorah General Store, 2013
| coordinates         = {{coord|-25.4205|142.6544|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Windorah (town centre)}}
| pop                 = 104
| pop_year            = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| pop_footnotes       = <ref name=Census2021/>
| established         = 1880
| postcode            = 4481
| area                = 8835.4
| timezone            = [[AEST]]
| utc                 = +10:00
| dist1               = 97.3 <!-- road distances as per template instructions -->
| dir1                = SW
| location1           = [[Jundah]]
| dist2               = 315
| dir2                = SW
| location2           = [[Longreach]]
| dist3               = 457
| dir3                = NW
| location3           = [[Charleville, Queensland|Charleville]]
| dist4               = 724
| dir4                = WNW
| location4           = [[Roma, Queensland|Roma]]
| dist5               = 1202
| dir5                = WNW
| location5           = [[Brisbane]]
| lga                 = [[Shire of Barcoo|Barcoo Shire]]
| stategov            = [[Electoral district of Gregory|Gregory]]
| fedgov              = [[Division of Maranoa|Maranoa]]
| county              = [[Grey County, Queensland|Grey]]
| elevation           = 126.3
| maxtemp             = 30.4
| mintemp             = 15.7
| rainfall            = 292.0
| near-n              = [[Jundah]]
| near-ne             = [[Jundah]]
| near-e              = [[Eromanga, Queensland|Eromanga]]
| near-se             = [[Eromanga, Queensland|Eromanga]]
| near-s              = [[Tanbar, Queensland|Tanbar]]
| near-sw             = [[Farrars Creek, Queensland|Farrars Creek]]
| near-w              = [[Farrars Creek, Queensland|Farrars Creek]]
| near-nw             = [[Farrars Creek, Queensland|Farrars Creek]]
}}
'''Windorah''' is a town and a [[Suburbs and localities (Australia)|locality]] in the [[Shire of Barcoo]], [[Queensland]], Australia.<ref name=qpnt>{{cite QPN|43917|Windorah|town in Shire of Barcoo|accessdate=10 June 2019}}</ref><ref name=qpnl>{{cite QPN|41480|Windorah|locality in Shire of Barcoo|accessdate=10 June 2019}}</ref> It is one of only three towns in the Shire of Barcoo in [[Central West Queensland]]. In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Windorah had a population of 104 people.<ref name=Census2021/>
== Geography ==
Located {{convert|35|km|mi}} downstream from where the [[Thomson River, Queensland|Thomson]] and [[Barcoo River]]s join to form the multi-channelled [[Cooper Creek]], the Shire covers an area of {{convert|60,901|km2}}. The town has a population of 60 people, with a further 40 living at surrounding stations.{{Update inline|date=July 2023|reason=this info has been uncited for some time and unlikely to be accurate any more}}{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}}
A landscape of rocky outcrops, multiple sand hills and black soil flood plains make up most of the area surrounding the town. Water in the town follows the outback cycle of boom and bust. During a wet year Cooper Creek may flood more than a half a dozen times, during the dry it becomes a chain of waterholes.  Downstream of the town stretches the [[Cooper Floodplain below Windorah]] [[Important Bird Area]], identified as such by [[BirdLife International]] because of its importance for [[waterbird]]s when flooded.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BirdLife Data Zone: Cooper Floodplain Below Windorah |url=https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/24814/text |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=[[Birdlife International]] |archive-date=23 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230723052322/http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/24814/text |url-status=live }}</ref>
== History ==
Before the onset of British colonisation, the area around Windorah was inhabited by the [[Kulumali]] people, who spoke the [[Pirriya language|Birria (Pirriya) language]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Horton |first1=David |title=The AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia |url=https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/map-indigenous-australia |website=aiatsis.gov.au |access-date=27 May 2023 |archive-date=4 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201004060643/https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/map-indigenous-australia |url-status=live }}</ref> The men of this group were circumcised, cut [[scar|cicatrices]] on their chest and had one or two of their upper central [[incisor]]s removed as part of their [[initiation]] rites. They also chewed [[pituri]] as a stimulant. The population upon first contact with the British was estimated to be under 1,000 people.<ref>{{Cite book| chapter = Kulumali (QLD)| last = Tindale | first = Norman Barnett| author-link = Norman Tindale| year = 1974| title = Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names | publisher = [[Australian National University]]| chapter-url = http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/kulumari.htm| isbn = 978-0-708-10741-6}}</ref><ref name="beale">{{cite book |last1=Beale |first1=Edgar |title=Kennedy, The Barcoo and Beyond 1847 |date=1983 |publisher=Blubber Head |location=Hobart |isbn=0908528116}}</ref>
The British first entered the region in August 1847 with the arrival of the expedition led by [[Edmund Kennedy]]. He encountered hundreds of Kulumali people living in the region and had several tense interactions with them over the ability to pass through their land and have access to their waterholes. Near the present town of Windorah, the situation was further inflamed with the Aboriginal people tampering with the expedition's cache of flour and by Kennedy twice attempting to force a negotiation in which he would take an Aboriginal child. A [[nulla nulla]] was thrown, and on two occasions Kennedy's men charged their horses at a group of resident Kulumali, whipping them and firing pistols above their heads to disperse them.<ref name="beale" />
George Fitzwalter established a shop and a hotel in 1878 on a [[stock route]] which became the town of Stoney Point. The name was changed to Windorah in 1884.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37006263 |title=NOMENCLATURE OF QUEENSLAND—308 |newspaper=[[The Courier-mail]] |issue=958 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=24 September 1936 |accessdate=10 June 2023 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=23 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230723053656/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/37006263 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="herqldout">{{Cite book |title=Heritage Trails of the Queensland Outback |last=Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) |author-link=Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) |year=2002 |publisher=State of Queensland |isbn=0-7345-1040-3 |pages=127}}</ref> [[Cobb & Co]] once ran a stage coach service between Windorah and [[Adavale]]. It is stated that the town is named after the local [[Australian Aborigine|Aboriginal]] word for "Big Fish",<ref name="herqldout"/> although according to an account of the Durack settlers, the name means ''high, stony place.''<ref>{{cite book|last1=Durack|first1=Mary|title=Kings in Grass Castles|date=1959}}</ref>
On 5 January 1884, police constable Nathaniel Roberts stationed at Windorah died from thirst while lost in the bush near [[Connemara Station|Connemarra Station]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nathaniel Roberts |url=https://www.police.qld.gov.au/police-memorial/nathaniel-roberts |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=[[Queensland Police]] |archive-date=12 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412055956/https://www.police.qld.gov.au/police-memorial/nathaniel-roberts |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=9 February 1884 |title=WESTERN MAIL NEWS |volume=10 |page=6 |newspaper=[[The Capricornian]] |issue=6 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article67863948 |accessdate=23 July 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=23 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230723100333/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/67863948 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Windorah Provisional School opened on 30 July 1888. In 1897 it became a half-time school, sharing a teacher with Cooper's Creek Provisional School, but reverted to a full-time school in 1903. In 1907, it became a half-time school with Cooper's Creek school again, and then closed in 1915. However, it reopened in 1916, only to close again in 1918. In 1926, it reopened and remains operating as Windorah State School.<ref>{{Citation|title=Queensland schools past and present|publication-date=2010|author1=Queensland Family History Society|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=[[Queensland Family History Society]]|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}</ref> It celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2013.<ref name=":0">{{Cite QldSchool|accessdate=18 April 2019}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Windorah State School |url=https://windorahss.eq.edu.au/Ourschool/Pages/Ourschool.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310144502/https://windorahss.eq.edu.au/Ourschool/Pages/Ourschool.aspx |archive-date=10 March 2016 |access-date=30 January 2016 |website=Education Queensland}}</ref>
On 30 November 1888, police constable Thomas Joseph Callaghan died while on patrol near Whitula pastoral station when he became lost in the bush without water and died of thirst. The temperature at the time was up to{{Convert|118|F}} in the shade. He was buried in an unmarked grave {{Convert|40|mi}} west of the town of Windorah.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thomas Joseph CALLAGHAN |url=https://www.police.qld.gov.au/police-memorial/thomas-j-callaghan |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=[[Queensland Police]] |archive-date=23 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230723071421/https://www.police.qld.gov.au/police-memorial/thomas-j-callaghan |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=22 December 1888 |title=Windorah Whiffs |volume=X |page=2 |newspaper=[[The Western Champion]] |issue=497 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article79704967 |accessdate=23 July 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=23 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230723100331/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/79704967 |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Windorah Solar Farm, 2019.jpg|thumb|Windorah Solar Farm, 2019]]
The town was completely isolated by floodwater in 1949 after surrounding areas were inundated by heavy rainfall. Low cloud and more rain prevented relief food supplies from being delivered by air from a [[RAAF]] [[Douglas DC-3|Dakota]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63455612|title=Family rescued from flood|newspaper=[[Townsville Daily Bulletin]]|location=Queensland|date=25 March 1949|access-date=24 March 2013|page=1|publisher=National Library of Australia|archive-date=5 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905091345/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/63455612|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2009, [[Ergon Energy]] established its first [[solar farm]] in Windorah. The [[Windorah Solar Farm]] provides electricity to the town of Windorah and surrounding rural areas.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Windorah Solar Farm |url=https://www.queensland.com/au/en/things-to-do/attractions/p-5a935dcaee1593171e301ed9-windorah-solar-farm |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=Tourism & Events Queensland |publisher=Queensland Government |archive-date=23 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230723100329/https://www.queensland.com/au/en/things-to-do/attractions/p-5a935dcaee1593171e301ed9-windorah-solar-farm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Tony |date=2016-08-24 |title=The rise and fall and rise of solar in outback Queensland |url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/the-rise-and-fall-and-rise-of-solar-in-outback-queensland-20160824-gr0cvs.html |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=Brisbane Times |language=en |archive-date=20 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320181014/https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/the-rise-and-fall-and-rise-of-solar-in-outback-queensland-20160824-gr0cvs.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Demographics ==
In the {{CensusAU|2006}}, the locality of Windorah had a population of 158 people.<ref name="Census2006">{{Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC37939|name=Windorah (Barcoo Shire) (State Suburb) |accessdate=25 June 2011|quick=on}}</ref>
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of Windorah had a population of 115 people, with 20.5% of the population identifying as [[Indigenous Australians|Indigenous]].<ref name="Census2016">{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC33125|name=Windorah (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}</ref>
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Windorah had a population of 104 people.<ref name="Census2021">{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL33095|name=Windorah (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}</ref>
== Climate ==
Windorah is diverse in many aspects. The temperature may range from maximums in summer that approach {{convert|50|°C|°F|disp=or}} to minimums in winter that are below {{convert|0|°C|°F|disp=or}}. The annual rainfall has recorded falls between a low of {{convert|86|mm|in|2|disp=or}} and a high of {{convert|988|mm|2|disp=or}}. Other [[Extreme weather|weather extremes]] include 25 morning frosts in 1977, 10 dust storms in 1987 and four hailstorms in 1985.{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}}
{{Weather box
| width       = auto
| metric first = yes
| single line = yes
| location    = [[Windorah Airport]] (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1963–2014)
| Jan record high C = 48.0
| Feb record high C = 45.0
| Mar record high C = 43.0
| Apr record high C = 39.7
| May record high C = 35.7
| Jun record high C = 33.6
| Jul record high C = 32.0
| Aug record high C = 38.0
| Sep record high C = 40.7
| Oct record high C = 44.5
| Nov record high C = 46.6
| Dec record high C = 47.3
| year record high C = 48.0
| Jan high C = 38.8
| Feb high C = 37.2
| Mar high C = 35.2
| Apr high C = 31.4
| May high C = 26.0
| Jun high C = 22.4
| Jul high C = 22.6
| Aug high C = 25.2
| Sep high C = 29.8
| Oct high C = 33.4
| Nov high C = 36.1
| Dec high C = 38.0
| year high C = 31.3
| Jan mean C = 32.0
| Feb mean C = 30.7
| Mar mean C = 28.4
| Apr mean C = 24.2
| May mean C = 18.9
| Jun mean C = 15.3
| Jul mean C = 14.9
| Aug mean C = 17.0
| Sep mean C = 21.6
| Oct mean C = 25.4
| Nov mean C = 28.4
| Dec mean C = 30.7
| year mean C = 23.9
| Jan low C = 25.1
| Feb low C = 24.1
| Mar low C = 21.5
| Apr low C = 17.0
| May low C = 11.8
| Jun low C = 8.2
| Jul low C = 7.2
| Aug low C = 8.7
| Sep low C = 13.5
| Oct low C = 17.3
| Nov low C = 20.7
| Dec low C = 23.3
| year low C = 16.5
| Jan record low C = 11.1
| Feb record low C = 13.5
| Mar record low C = 8.0
| Apr record low C = 4.7
| May record low C = 1.2
| Jun record low C = -0.3
| Jul record low C = -1.8
| Aug record low C = 0.1
| Sep record low C = 2.8
| Oct record low C = 4.6
| Nov record low C = 7.9
| Dec record low C = 11.2
| year record low C = -1.8
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 49.8
| Feb precipitation mm = 46.7
| Mar precipitation mm = 48.0
| Apr precipitation mm = 10.3
| May precipitation mm = 13.9
| Jun precipitation mm = 16.2
| Jul precipitation mm = 11.6
| Aug precipitation mm = 10.7
| Sep precipitation mm = 10.5
| Oct precipitation mm = 11.7
| Nov precipitation mm = 30.0
| Dec precipitation mm = 29.4
| year precipitation mm = 288.9
| unit precipitation days = 1 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 3.8
| Feb precipitation days = 3.9
| Mar precipitation days = 2.8
| Apr precipitation days = 1.3
| May precipitation days = 1.8
| Jun precipitation days = 1.6
| Jul precipitation days = 1.5
| Aug precipitation days = 1.2
| Sep precipitation days = 1.7
| Oct precipitation days = 2.1
| Nov precipitation days = 4.0
| Dec precipitation days = 3.6
| year precipitation days = 29.3
| Jan dew point C = 13.8
| Feb dew point C = 14.3
| Mar dew point C = 12.1
| Apr dew point C = 8.3
| May dew point C = 6.1
| Jun dew point C = 4.8
| Jul dew point C = 2.7
| Aug dew point C = 1.0
| Sep dew point C = 2.8
| Oct dew point C = 4.4
| Nov dew point C = 7.8
| Dec dew point C = 9.9
| year dew point C = 7.3
| source 1 = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/archive/arc0216/0253808/4.4/data/0-data/Region-5-WMO-Normals-9120/Australia/CSV/WindorahAirport_94489.csv
|title = Windorah Airport Climate Normals for 1991-2020
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|format = CSV
|access-date = 13 August 2024}}</ref>
| source 2 = [[Bureau of Meteorology]]<ref>{{Cite web
|title = Climate statistics for Australian locations
|publisher = Bureau of Meteorology
|access-date = 13 August 2024
|url = http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_038024_All.shtml}}</ref>
}}
== Economy ==
[[File:Cattle crossing the Thomson Developmental Road, north of Windorah, 2019 02.jpg|thumb|Cattle crossing the Thomson Developmental Road, north of Windorah, 2019]]
Sheep and cattle grazing are the mainstay of the district; however, recently oil and gas industries have developed in the area.{{Citation needed|date=October 2010}} Many locals also work on the Shire Council and the [[Dingo Fence|Dingo Barrier Fence]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}}
== Education ==
Windorah State School is a government primary (Early Childhood-6) school for boys and girls at 8 Victoria Street ({{coord|-25.4202|142.6542|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Windorah State School}}).<ref name="SchoolList2018">{{cite web |date=9 July 2018 |title=State and non-state school details |url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997 |archive-date=21 November 2018 |access-date=21 November 2018 |publisher=[[Queensland Government]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-29 |title=Windorah State School |url=https://windorahss.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=Windorah State School |language=en |archive-date=26 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326124802/https://windorahss.eq.edu.au/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 7 students with 3 teachers (2 full-time equivalent) and 3 non-teaching staff (1 full-time equivalent).<ref name="ACARA2018">{{cite web |title=ACARA School Profile 2018 |url=https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx |access-date=28 January 2020 |publisher=[[Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority]] |archive-date=27 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827085246/https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2022, the school had 10 students.<ref>{{Cite web |title=School annual report 2022 |url=https://windorahss.eq.edu.au/supportandresources/formsanddocuments/annualreports/annual%20report%202022.pdf |access-date=23 July 2023 |website=Windorah State School |page=2 |archive-date=23 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230723064934/https://windorahss.eq.edu.au/supportandresources/formsanddocuments/annualreports/annual%20report%202022.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Attractions ==
[[File:Windorah sunrise.jpg|thumb|right|Sunrise at Windorah]]
Windorah has been described as "The Heart of the [[Channel Country]]".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Windorah |url=https://www.queensland.com/au/en/places-to-see/destination-information/p-56b25e4eaeeeaaf773cf086a-windorah |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=Tourism & Events Queensland |publisher=Queensland Government |archive-date=20 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320152600/https://www.queensland.com/au/en/places-to-see/destination-information/p-56b25e4eaeeeaaf773cf086a-windorah |url-status=live }}</ref>
Every year since 1998 Windorah hosts the Windorah International Yabby Races on the street outside the hotel. In each race, up to 10 [[Common yabby|yabbies]] are placed in the centre of a ring; the winner is the first yabby to reach the perimeter of the ring, a distance of {{Convert|2|m}}. It is held on the Wednesday before the [[Birdsville Races]] (first weekend in September) to take advantage of the many people travelling through Windorah to Birdsville. The event raises money for the [[Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia|Royal Flying Doctor Service]], community facilities and other charities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.queensland.com/en-au/event/windorah-international-yabby-races|title=Windorah International Yabby Races|website=Tourism & Events Queensland|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415024735/https://www.queensland.com/en-au/event/windorah-international-yabby-races|archive-date=15 April 2019|url-status=live|access-date=28 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Everything you need to know about the Windorah International Yabby Races |url=https://www.outbackqueensland.com.au/news/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-windorah-international-yabby-races/ |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=Outback Queensland |archive-date=22 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422052001/https://www.outbackqueensland.com.au/news/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-windorah-international-yabby-races/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-09-04 |title=Ideal conditions promise 'fast and furious' yabby racing |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-04/ideal-conditions-promise-fast-and-furious-yabby/4933852 |access-date=2023-07-23 |archive-date=31 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031153639/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-04/ideal-conditions-promise-fast-and-furious-yabby/4933852 |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Amenities ==
The Windorah Library is operated by the [[Barcoo Shire Council]] and located in Maryborough Street.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 September 2017 |title=Public Library Directory |url=http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/barcoo/windorah_library |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119120332/http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/barcoo/windorah_library |archive-date=19 January 2018 |access-date=19 January 2018 |website=Public Libraries Connect}}</ref>
Windorah also has a racecourse, shire hall, information centre and museum.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://queenslandplaces.com.au/barcoo-shire|title=Barcoo|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland|access-date=21 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110414101033/http://queenslandplaces.com.au/barcoo-shire|archive-date=14 April 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Facilities ==
[[File:Windorah Cemetery, 2019 02.jpg|thumb|Windorah Cemetery, 2019]]
Windorah Primary Health Care Centre has nurses who help manage chronic conditions and provide emergency care. It is at 25 Cecil Street ({{coord|-25.4209|142.6561|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Windorah Primary Health Care Centre}}).<ref name="LandmarkAreas">{{Cite web |date=18 November 2020 |title=Landmark Areas - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/db9c913b-b7e2-4d88-9a5e-32cbb1470f12 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121195536/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/db9c913b-b7e2-4d88-9a5e-32cbb1470f12 |archive-date=21 November 2020 |access-date=21 October 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=[[Queensland Government]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-27 |title=Windorah Primary Health Centre |url=https://www.centralwest.health.qld.gov.au/hospitals-and-health-centres/windorah-primary-health-centre |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=Central West Hospital and Health Service |language=en |archive-date=31 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331064402/https://www.centralwest.health.qld.gov.au/hospitals-and-health-centres/windorah-primary-health-centre |url-status=live }}</ref> It coordinates [[Air Ambulance|air ambulance]] transport with the Royal Flying Doctor Service.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Emergency Service, Windorah Primary Health Centre |url=https://qfinder2.health.qld.gov.au/HealthServiceProvider/Index/a8fe839f-7637-e611-80d2-00505601056f |access-date=23 July 2023 |website=[[Queensland Health]] |archive-date=27 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327035341/https://qfinder2.health.qld.gov.au/HealthServiceProvider/Index/a8fe839f-7637-e611-80d2-00505601056f |url-status=live }}</ref>
Windorah Cemetery is managed by the [[Barcoo Shire Council|Barcoo Shire Council]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cemeteries |url=https://www.barcoo.qld.gov.au/council-services/cemeteries |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=[[Barcoo Shire Council]] |archive-date=2 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602041521/https://www.barcoo.qld.gov.au/council-services/cemeteries |url-status=live }}</ref> It is on Cecil Street to the north of the town ({{coord|-25.4153|142.6534|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Windorah Cemetery}}).<ref name="CemeteryAreas">{{Cite web |date=12 November 2020 |title=Cemetery Areas - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/2baca5c3-a111-4fbc-86c9-3b896884438b |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115100513/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/2baca5c3-a111-4fbc-86c9-3b896884438b |archive-date=15 November 2020 |access-date=12 November 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=[[Queensland Government]]}}</ref>
Windorah has the following emergency services:
* Windorah Police Station on the eastern corner of Maryborough Street and Victoria Street ({{coord|-25.4216|142.6570|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Windorah Police Station}})<ref name="emergencyservices">{{Cite web |date=18 November 2020 |title=Emergency services facilities - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/923a4139-4a79-4744-8955-d73230796bd6 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124224500/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/923a4139-4a79-4744-8955-d73230796bd6 |archive-date=24 November 2020 |access-date=24 November 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=[[Queensland Government]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Windorah Station |url=https://www.police.qld.gov.au/station/windorah-station |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=[[Queensland Police]] |archive-date=17 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317191109/https://www.police.qld.gov.au/station/windorah-station |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Google Maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@-25.4216614,142.6567231,3a,37.5y,90.11h,95.08t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxEM5W3SSc3eUDdTRrOlyZQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=tts|title=Windorah Police Station (Street View)|access-date=23 July 2023|date=December 2022}}</ref>
* Windorah Ambulance Station at the health care centre ({{coord|-25.4209|142.6558|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Windorah Ambulance Station}})<ref name="emergencyservices" />
* Windorah [[Queensland State Emergency Service|SES]] Facility ({{coord|-25.4206|142.6521|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Windorah SES Facility}})<ref name="emergencyservices" />
== See also ==
{{Portal|Queensland}}
* [[Windorah Airport]]
* [[Windorah Solar Farm]]
* [[Canterbury, Queensland|Canterbury]], a small settlement in the locality of Windorah
== References ==
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== Further reading ==
{{Commons category|Windorah}}
* {{cite book | date= 1988 | title=Windorah State School centenary 1888-1988 | publisher=Windorah State School}}
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